ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,883, issued on May 27.
"Safety separation apparatus and method" was invented by Toby Scott Baudoin (Rayne, La.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A safety separation apparatus for use on a workstring disposed in a wellbore is comprised of a tubular upper member attached to the workstring, a tubular bottom member attached to a DTA, and a translatable tubular piston positioned within the tubular upper member and tubular bottom member of the safety separation apparatus. The tubular upper member has upper member fingers threadedly engaged with threads within the interior surface of the tubular bottom member. The tubular piston has a seat sur...